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ROSEBANK 1989 G&M

$1,990.00

Distilled in 1989 at Rosebank distillery, this Lowland single malt was matured in a single refill sherry hogshead for three decades, before being bottles by Gordon & MacPhail in November 2019, as part of its Connoisseurs Choice series. Sweet aromas of honeysuckle, orange marmalade and milk chocolate fill the nose, complemented by notes of summer flowers, garden herbs, golden syrup, chilli and mature oak throughout the palate.

This independent bottler is without a doubt one of the most highly acclaimed in Scotland. It stands out, not for its age (though it is the oldest independent bottler in Scotland), but for its complete mastery of cask ageing. Gordon & MacPhail is the only bottler to have its own casks – carefully chosen for the purpose – filled by the distilleries themselves, instead of simply buying the ones suggested to them by the latter. This allows it to determine, in advance and with great precision, exactly how many years a whisky will need to reach ideal maturation.